Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



F. SCHRAMKO & J. PRAZINKA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED JAN-1'0, 1917' l ,291 M96 Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

A B6 I 7 15' FRANK SCHRAMKO AND JOHN PRAZIN KA, F JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND BAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

Application filed January 10, 1917. Serial No. 141,596.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK SGI-IRAMKO and JOHN PRAZINKA, subjects of the King of Hungary, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic ties and rail fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a single piece metallic tie having a readily operable means for removably locking the rails in track formation thereon.

A further object of the device is the provision of a tie and rail fastener which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture, possesses great strength and is quickly operated in looking and releasing railway rails suitably spaced apart for the road-bed of the railway line.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie and its associated fasteners with rails operatively secured in position.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figs. 3 and 4: are enlarged detail sectional views taken on lines 111-111 and 1V-IV of Figs. 1 and 2 respectively,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one ofthe flanged locking plates detached, and,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a follower block employed with the said plates.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the invention contemplates a metallic tie 10 of substantially the usual length and width of a railway tie, the same being provided with enlarged block-shaped portions 1.1. having transverse seats or sockets 12 arranged therein adapted for the reception of railway rails 13 seated upon the bottoms 14 of said sockets transversely of the tie and retained in position by the means hereinafter described,

A removable abutment 15 of angular crosssection is adapted for fitting within the inner portion of each of the sockets 12 arranged upon the bottoms thereof and having a sliding dove-tailed connection 16 with the adjacent side of the recess within which the abutment is arranged. Said abutments overlie the adjacent base flanges 17 of the rails and are provided with projecting pins 18 adapt ed for reception within perforations 19 in the rails while bolts 20 are adapted for screwthreaded engagement between the abutments 15 and the adjacent portions of the webs 21 of the rails.

A locking plate 22 is provided in the outer portion of each of the sockets 12 overlying the outer base flange of the adjacent rail 13, the same having an enlarged outer end or flanged portion 23 furnished with a serrated face 24: with which an elongated follower block is adapted to engage. The said follower block 25 is shiftably arranged within a recess 26 in the outer portion of the block 11 and has a serrated inner face 27 for meshing with the face 24 of the adjacent plate 22 while a screw 28 is arranged adjacent each end of the tie 1O threaded through the outer portions of the block 11 for forcing the follower 25 inwardly against the plate 22, thereby locking the latter in contact with the rails 13 as well as the abutment 15 in engagement with the inner portions of the blocks 11. Retractile springs 29 connect the followers 25 with the adjacent faces of the recesses 26 whereby the followers are automatically retracted from their engagement with the plates 22 upon unscrewing the members 28. I

From this detailed description of the device, the complete operation thereof will be apparent, it being noted that the present manner of locking the rails to the tie is equally serviceable as a rail joint as well as for an unbroken length of track, both of which are herein illustrated and that the bolts 20 and pins 18 prevent any longitudinal movements of the rails with which they are engaged. For disassembling the device the screws 28 are released whereupon the springs 29 retract the followers 25 permitting the locking plates 22 to be removed from the structure, whereupon the rails 13 may be laterally shifted within the seats 12 while the abutments 15 may be disconnected from the rails by releasing the bolts 20 entirely freeing the rails from the tie. The rails are readily secured to and then detached from the tie 10 in the manner described, being thereby spaced apart the proper distance for the gage of the road.

What is claimed as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising a tie having spaced blocks thereon provided with transverse seats adapted for the reception of railway rails, angular abutments positioned in interlocking engagement with the adjacent inner faces of the seats overlying the base flange of the adjacent rail, securing means between the said abutments and the adjacent rail webs, locking plates within the said seats arranged opposite the said abutments and having serrated outer faces, an elongated follower for each of said plates having serrated faces adapted for interlocking engagement with the faces of the adj acently positioned plates, projecting screws for the said followers, and means attached to the said followers adapted for automatically retracting the latter upon the removal of said screws.

2. A device ofthe class described compris- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0.

ing a tie having spaced blocks thereon arranged with transverse seats and with the portions of the blocks outwardly of the said seats provided with inwardly opening recesses, rails positioned within the said seats, abutments at one side of the rails within the seats, locking plates at the opposite sides of the rails within the said seats, a follower within each of the said recesses adapted for locking engagement with the adjacent one of said plates, locking screws for the said followers, and automatic return springs for the said followers operable when the said screws are released.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

FRANK SOI-IRAMKO. JOHN PRAZINKA.

Commissioner of latents, 

